Thank you for the quick reply. However, using the <classpath> tag or -cp option doesn't solve the problem.
That is, I get the same error with: `$ java -jar ivy-2.3.0-rc1.jar -settings /path/to/ivysettings.xml -cp lib/commons-vfs-1.0.jar` or else with `<classpath file="/path/to/commons-vfs-1.0.jar"/>` Does this provide any additional insight? ---- I notice that providing a non-existent file in a <classpath> tag throws `io problem while parsing config file: /path/to/no-such.jar`. Passing a non-existent file in the -cp option, instead, seems to fail silently. ---- Browsing jira, the only vfs-related issue I find is IVY-643. (Judging from the final comment, it can be closed.) <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-643> On 07/04/2012 01:59 PM, Nicolas Lalevée wrote: > You need to add commons-vfs into ivy's classpath, either on the command line, > or via the "classpath" in your ivysettings.xml [1]. > > Nicolas > > [1] http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/settings/classpath.html > > Le 1 juil. 2012 à 02:32, TM a écrit : > >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm getting the runtime error below with a <vfs> resolver defined in my >> settings file. >> >> I'm using the binary-with-dependencies release >> <http://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi>. I see lib/commons-vfs-1.0.jar >> contains the 'missing' class, in org/apache/commons/vfs/. >> >> Filesystem and url resolvers work as expected; I can retrieve and >> publish to $HOME/.ivy2/cache and a Nexus repository on the network. >> >> My goal is to have FTP available. >> >> Any insight is appreciated. >> >> Tom >> >> ---- >> $ java -jar ivy-2.3.0-rc1.jar -settings /path/to/ivysettings.xml >> >> :: loading settings :: file = /path/to/ivysettings.xml >> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: >> org/apache/commons/vfs/FileSystemManager >> at >> org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.VfsResolver.<init>(VfsResolver.java:34) >> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) >> at >> sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57) >> at >> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) >> at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525) >> at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:372) >> at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:325) >> at org.apache.ivy.util.Configurator.addChild(Configurator.java:574) >> at >> org.apache.ivy.util.Configurator.startCreateChild(Configurator.java:503) >> at >> org.apache.ivy.core.settings.XmlSettingsParser.inConfiguratorStarted(XmlSettingsParser.java:579) >> at >> org.apache.ivy.core.settings.XmlSettingsParser.startElement(XmlSettingsParser.java:201) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:506) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1322) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2715) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:607) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:488) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:835) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:764) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:123) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1210) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:568) >> at >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:302) >> at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:274) >> at >> org.apache.ivy.core.settings.XmlSettingsParser.doParse(XmlSettingsParser.java:160) >> at >> org.apache.ivy.core.settings.XmlSettingsParser.parse(XmlSettingsParser.java:150) >> at org.apache.ivy.core.settings.IvySettings.load(IvySettings.java:391) >> at org.apache.ivy.Ivy.configure(Ivy.java:412) >> at org.apache.ivy.Main.initSettings(Main.java:399) >> at org.apache.ivy.Main.run(Main.java:208) >> at org.apache.ivy.Main.main(Main.java:179) >> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: >> org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemManager >> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355) >> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423) >> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356) >